executive department

• executive power = vested upon the President of the PH
• executive power = power to administer laws, which means carrying them into practical operation and enforcing due observance
• qualifications

  • at least 40 y/o on the day of election
• qualifications

  • resident of the PH for at least 10 years immediately preceding the election
• SEC. 2, ART. 7 = qualifications of the president
• SEC. 3, ART. 7 = qualifications of the vice president
• vice president can be appointed as a Member of the Cabinet without confirmation
• term of office

  • SEC. 4, ART. 7 = 6 years, begins at noon on the 30th day of June following the day of election and ends at noon of the same day 6 years after
• term of office = period which an officer may claim to hold the office as a matter of right
• tenure of office = period during which the incumbent actually holds the office
• right to hold office = just and legal claim to enjoy the powers and responsibilities of the office
• office = institutional unit of government
• term = matter of time during which a person may hold the office
• SEC. 5, ART. 7 = president and vice president shall take oath
• oath = an outward pledge made under an immediate sense of responsibility to God
• executive privilege

  • PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS = communications are presumptively privileged, President must be given freedom to explore alternatives in policy-making
• executive privilege

  • DELIBERATIVE PROCESS = materials that comprise part of a process by which governmental decisions and policies are formulated; includes diplomatic processes